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New firms and labor market entrants: Is there a wage penalty for employment in new firms?
Nyström, Kristina; Elvung, Gulzat - In: Small Business Economics 43 (2014) 2, pp. 399-410
In this paper, we explore the role of new firms as an entry point to the labor market. Because the vast majority of new firms are short-lived, it is a risky decision to accept employment in a new venture. It can be argued that individuals with little (or no) labor market experience are more...
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Full and Partial Privatization in China: The Labor Consequences
Amess, Kevin; Du, Jun; Girma, Sourafel - Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and …
This paper is the first paper to present findings evaluating the consequences for employees of full and partial privatization using difference-in-differences combined with propensity score matching. We find: (1) partial privatization causes job creation in contrast to full privatization, which...
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New firms and labor market entrants: Is there a wage penalty for employment in new firms?
Nyström, Kristina; Elvung, Gulzat Zhetibaeva - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
In this paper, we explore the role of new firms as an entry point to the labor market. Because the vast majority of new firms are short-lived, it is a risky decision to accept employment in a new venture. It can be argued that individuals with little (or no) labor market experience are more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739971
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Organic farmers or conventional farmers: Where's the money?
Uematsu, Hiroki; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Ecological Economics 78 (2012) C, pp. 55-62
There is growing evidence that organic farming is a rapidly expanding economic sector in the U.S. However, an unanswered question is whether organic farmers are better off than conventional farmers when it comes to farm household income. Using large farm-level data and a matching estimator, this...
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Economic performance of Brazilian manufacturing firms: a counterfactual analysis of innovation impacts
Kannebley, Sérgio; Sekkel, Júlia; Araújo, Bruno - In: Small Business Economics 34 (2010) 3, pp. 339-353
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Are Organic Farmers Really Better Off Than Conventional Farmers?
Hiroki, Uematsu; Mishra, Ashok K. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
We employed the propensity score matching and estimated the causal effect of being certified organic crop producers on farm household income and its various components in the United States. Contrary to the standard assumption in economic analysis, certified organic farmers do not earn...
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Farmers’ Participation in Agritourism: Does It Affect the Bottom Line?
Joo, Hyunjeong; Khanal, Aditya R.; Mishra, Ashok K. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 42 (2013) 3
Agritourism is an alternative source of farm income. We examine farmers’ participation in agritourism activities to assess the impact of participation on farm household income and return to assets using a large farm-level survey. The results reveal that older, educated, and female...
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A Matching Approach to Analyze the Impact of New Agricultural Technologies: Productivity and Technical Efficiency in Niger
Abdoulaye, Ibrahim Djido; Sanders, John H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013
estimate a stochastic production technology frontier to compare technical efficiency of farmers in the extension program. We … test for returns to scale, examine factors affecting technical efficiency of participants, and compare technical efficiency … size producers.Technical efficiency of participants is increasing overtime, younger participants are technically more …
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Dynamic caliper matching
Strawiński, Paweł - Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski - 2011
Matched sampling is a methodology used to estimate treatment effects. A caliper mechanism is used to achieve better similarity among matched pairs. We investigate finite sample properties of matching with calipers and propose a slight modification to the existing mechanism. The simulation study...
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Dynamic Caliper Matching
Strawiński, Paweł - In: Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and … 3 (2011) 2, pp. 97-110
Matched sampling is a methodology used to estimate treatment effects. A caliper mechanism is used to achieve better similarity among matched pairs. We investigate finite sample properties of matching with caliper and propose a slight modification to the existing mechanism. The simulation study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010615745